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06/27/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/27/2022 15:01

Vulnerable CA Republicans Pay Lip Service to ‘States’ Rights’ After Supporting National Abortion Ban

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to reverse 50 years of legal precedent and overturn Roe v. Wade, embattled California Republicans are scrambling to erase their dangerous, anti-aboriton records.

Rep. David Valadao stated he would "not rule out " codifying Roe v. Wade - despite voting against doing just that last year. Meanwhile, Mike Garcia and Ken Calvert commented only on states' rights in reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling.

The problem? Valadao and Garcia supported a complete national abortion ban in Congress, and Calvert voted to jail doctors.

In Congress, David Valadao, Mike Garcia and Ken Calvert consisently pushed anti-abortion legislation to dismantle women's fundamental rights. In fact, mere hours after the Supreme Court's decision last Friday, Valadao, Calvert and Garcia voted to further abortion restrictions at the federal level.

Now their MAGA party boss Kevin McCarthy is pushing a nationwide abortion ban if Republicans retake the House this November - despite Californians overhwelming support for abortion access:

David Valadao, Ken Calvert and Mike Garcia supported draconian abortion bans before. If they stay in office, they'll do it again.

DCCC Spokesperson Maddy Mundy
"Vulnerable Republicans Mike Garcia, Ken Calvert and David Valadao's cynical ploy to hide their deeply unpopular, anti-abortion records won't fly. From now until November, Democrats will remind California voters their fundamental rights are not safe until these MAGA Republicans are removed from office for good."